School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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- Collected by PupilsRiddlesWhat is it that has its heart in its head.
... A head of cabbage.A lazy old woman, a hard working man,
And twelve little children as black as the pan.
... a clock.First it was white, then it was black,
and then it was red all over.
... a newspaperThere is a thing long and white,
always swimming in the night,
and the longer it sits the shorter it grows,
.... a candle.What is the hardest thing in the world to do ... to put a winkers on a nightmare.John McCann (above addr)
Pupil Mary Carty Coralstown Killucan Flax breaking
About seventy years ago there was a woman named Kitty Brown who lived in this district. She used to go around from house to house in the Autumn time of the year. She used to carry a beetle on her back - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Garty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Porterstown (Napper), Co. Westmeath